The Gainesville City Council is considering an ordinance that would require local pawnshops to keep an electronic database of merchandise and sellers. The ordinance, presented at Thursday morning’s work session by Gainesville Police Chief Brian Kelly, would amend Title 6 of the city code, laying down rules on licensing of the businesses, permitting of their employees and establishing an electronic database to track transactions. “Any time a transaction occurs, the pawnshop will be required to take certain information from the individuals pawning it — photographs, identification, fingerprints — (and) enter it into the database along with pictures of the items pawned,” Kelly said.